Appley Bridge Womens Institute

Appley Bridge Womens Institute Appley Bridge Womens Institute is a branch of the National Federation of Womens Institutes (NFWI). Appley Bridge WI is part of the National Federation of WIs.

We meet on the second Wednesday of every month 19.30 at Appley Bridge Village Hall. Our meetings include a speaker or activity, national and local items of WI business and social time with refreshments. We also run a range of activities outside the monthly meetings such as craft, reading, walking and trips.

We had a lively meeting on Wednesday when Simon gave us (well, some of us) a taste of gin and the long standing WI membe...
13/03/2026

We had a lively meeting on Wednesday when Simon gave us (well, some of us) a taste of gin and the long standing WI membership of 4 of our members was celebrated.

A lovely morning today, making Christmas decorations with mince pies, coffee and chat.
15/12/2025

A lovely morning today, making Christmas decorations with mince pies, coffee and chat.

We had a lovely Christmas meeting last week singing along to the Crafty Crookes ukulele band.🎅🎄🎼
15/12/2025

We had a lovely Christmas meeting last week singing along to the Crafty Crookes ukulele band.🎅🎄🎼

07/11/2025

Our next meeting is on Wednesday 12 November at 7.30pm in Appley Bridge Village Hall. Our speaker is Frank Vigor on the subject of the 1960s and we'll bring you up to date with WI news. Visitors are always welcome at our meetings.

Our Walking Group enjoyed a ramble around Orrell Water Park yesterday and ended up at the lovely cafe at Greenslate Comm...
25/09/2025

Our Walking Group enjoyed a ramble around Orrell Water Park yesterday and ended up at the lovely cafe at Greenslate Community Farm for coffee and chocolate brownies, all in glorious weather.

Appley Bridge WI enjoyed a lovely afternoon at Jacqueline Iddon's garden this week, beautiful borders, stunning sculptur...
19/07/2025

Appley Bridge WI enjoyed a lovely afternoon at Jacqueline Iddon's garden this week, beautiful borders, stunning sculpture and delicious strawberry scones.

Shevington Art Group are displaying some of their pictures at Shevington Library during the month of July. The library ...
01/07/2025

Shevington Art Group are displaying some of their pictures at Shevington Library during the month of July. The library is open from 9-2pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and from 11-5pm on Thursdays and Fridays. Do pop in and have a look.

Everyone enjoyed our Xmas decs morning and produced some lovely wreaths and table centrepieces or just enjoyed a drink a...
17/12/2024

Everyone enjoyed our Xmas decs morning and produced some lovely wreaths and table centrepieces or just enjoyed a drink and a mince pie. Have a good Christmas everyone and don’t forget the sherry and mince pie for Santa!

05/12/2024

Our next meeting is on Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm at Appley Bridge Village Hall when we will be looking at the art of magic with Peter Turner. And there will be mince pies to get us in a festive mood. Visitors are always welcome at our meetings.

Our next meeting is on Wednesday 13 November 7.30pm at the Village Hall when our speaker will be Angela Fletcher, a WI M...
07/11/2024

Our next meeting is on Wednesday 13 November 7.30pm at the Village Hall when our speaker will be Angela Fletcher, a WI Member and contestant on series 8 of the Great British Sewing Bee in 2022. Angela will talk about her experience and will show us some of the outfits she made.

Visitors are always welcome at our meetings. Please let us know in advance, if you can, by email at [email protected]. That will help us to make sure there is enough tea and cake for everyone!🙂

31/03/2024

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Greenslate Lodge, Greenslate Road
Orrell
WN5 7BG

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